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** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW SNP PACKS**If you already qualify for membership of this project (see the Goals page) you do not need to order the R1b-M343 Backbone or R1b-DF27 packs.
A R-Z198 SNP pack has been designed specifically for anyone who is confirmed or predicted to be Z198+.

Please see the table below showing the number of informative SNPs in the pack for each cluster of the project and whether ordering the pack is recommended.

Cluster

Useful SNPs

Recommended?

A00

23

Yes

A03

23

Yes

A10

9

Yes

A11

0

No

A12

1

No

A20

11

Yes

A21

5

Contact Admins

A29

11

Yes

A30

1

No

B00

46

Yes

B01

46

Yes

B10

25

Yes

B11

5

Contact Admins

B12

6

Contact Admins

B19

19

Contact Admins

B20

8

Yes

B21

3

No

B22

0

No

B30

2

No

B40

5

No

B41

0

No

B42

5

No

B50

1

No

C

70

Yes

D0

1

No

D1

1

No

E

0

No

F

0

No

G

0

No

H

0

No

J00

47

Yes

J10

0

Contact L165 Project Admin

J20

0

Contact L165 Project Admin

J21

0

Contact L165 Project Admin

K00

18

Yes

K11

5

Contact Admin

K12

0

No

K13

2

No

K20

2

No

L

23

Yes

Q1

42

Yes

Q2

24

Yes

Q3

43

Yes

Q4

91

Yes

R1

162

Yes

Please contact the Project Administrators if you are unsure which tests to order.

(Updated July 2015)SRY2627 (also known as M167) was one of the first Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) discovered in the human Y chromosome, back in 1997.
It is now known to denote a subgroup of haplogroup R1b1 - the most common haplogroup in Western Europe. The subgroup was formerly known as R1b1c6. See http://www.isogg.org/tree/ISOGG_HapgrpR.html for its current designation on the ISOGG tree. It is not a large subgroup of R1b, but it is found particularly in places where R1b1 is very common - Iberia (especially the north and west i.e. the Basque Country and Catalunya), south western France and up the Atlantic coast to England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
Academic research papers and other published information about R-SRY2627 are being referenced on a Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R-M167

The Genographic "Geno 2.0" test has validated a number of SNPs which define subgroups of R-SRY2627.
The most significant subgroups are:R-Z200R-Z202R-CTS606
R-Z205R-CTS8289R-Z207R-CTS4299
FTDNA customers who are R-SRY2627 are advised to contact the Project Administrators if they are unsure which tests to take to place them in the correct subgroup.

Other SNPs being investigated:

L176.2 is a mutation discovered in FTDNA's own research lab.
The 2011 FTDNA and ISOGG haplogroup trees recognised L176.2 as being "upstream" of SRY2627 (i.e. the SRY2627 mutation occurred in an individual whose paternal line already had the L176.2 mutation).
Very little is known about its geographical distribution and anyone who has a L176.2+ result (whether also SRY2627+ or not) is encouraged to join this Project to help investigate its origins, history and relevance to genetic genealogy.

Z198 is a mutation discovered in 2011/2 by a group of "citizen scientists" investigating data published by the 1000 Genomes Project. Along with several other SNPs discovered in R-SRY2627 samples, it has been included in the chip for the Geno 2.0 Project. It appears to be upstream of SRY2627 and equivalent to L176.2. Anyone with Z198+ amongst their Geno 2.0 results is very welcome to join this Project.

L165 (aka S68) is downstream of L176.2 and Z198, and is parallel to SRY2627. It has been found mainly in lines of Scottish and Scandinavian ancestry. We are investigating the connection between this "northern" group with the "southern" SRY2627+ branches.
L165 also has its own FTDNA Project. FTDNA/Geno 2.0 customers with L165+ are welcome to join both projects.

CTS4188 is downstream of L176.2 and Z198, parallel to SRY2627 and L165. It was included in the Geno 2.0 test and is being investigated. FTDNA have included it in their 2014 tree - anyone who is R-CTS4188 is eligible to join this Project.

ZS312 (aka M7953) is downstream of L176.2 and Z198, and upstream of SRY2627 (it has also occurred independently in haplogroup J).
To date 4 subgroups have been found:
R-Z262 - comprises all of R-SRY2627 and a small number of lines which are Z262+ SRY2627-
R-A477 - discovered via the Big Y test
R-CTS9993 - seen in an anonymous research sample and to date 2 project members who have tested Big Y
R-M3920 - found in 2 project members who are also positive for L147 (a highly recurrent SNP)